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Show UNCLE SAM IN BUSINESS Because of the apathy of business men and others who should be alert to the menace of governmental interference inter-ference with private enterprises, a small but aggresive minority in congress is making progress in its attempt to socialize all American industries. These advocates of government operation of business and industry have already placed several burdens upon private enterprises through excessive regulation, as a first step toward their goal. In order to further harass these enterprises a multitude of government bureaus, commissions, commis-sions, boards and other agencies have been set up, with their army of political job holders to inspect, investigate, and intimidate. If these tactics shall succeed in destroying private business, the road to government operation and socialism will be open. This, of course, is the ultimate object of the whole scheme. And if it succeeds we shall all be slaves to an all-powerful political machine like that which is enslaving en-slaving the people of Russia today. Experience has demonstrated that governmental conduct con-duct of business is inefficient or wasteful, or both. Our experiment with government operation of the railroads during and after the war is an example. Our postoffice department now shows a yearly deficit of $150,000,000. We have squandered $250,000,000 or more through the government's gov-ernment's excursion into the cotton and wheat markets. We have wasted many millions in reclamation schemes for the purpose of bringing more land under cultivation to increase the agricultural surplus. We have borne enormous enor-mous losses in the shipping business. And so on. i 1 j The tragic aspect of all this is that the consequences of these follies must be borne by the taxpayers, whose private businesses have been injured and in some cases virtually destroyed by the federal government. Socialistic Socialis-tic experiment in many of the individual states have had the same inevitable results. It is time that every citizen who believes in the encouragement en-couragement cf private enterprise and individual effort should protest against the encroachments of government in business. The place to protest is at the ballot box. Relegate Re-legate the socialistic politicians to private life and keep them there. Marcy B. Darnall, Herald, Folrence, Alabama. |